WHEELS used to shift Danish lighthouse 70m back from coast

Subscribe to our channel! The 120-year-old Rubjerg Knude lighthouse was lifted onto rails and moved 70m (230ft) inland on Tuesday. Located on a sand dune in northern Denmark, the 23m (75ft) tall Rubjerg Knude reportedly attracts 250,000 visitors to the area every year. The North Sea had eroded the coast and bitten into the cliff where the lighthouse stood, leaving it only six metres (20 feet) from the coast. When the lighthouse was first lit in 1900 it was around 200 metres (656 feet) fr
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